2019 Design-Build Project/Team Award Winners Announced

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From university buildings to office transformations, this year’s 2019 Design-Build Project/Team Award winners are the best Design-Build projects in the nation and demonstrate how Design-Build Done Right continues to deliver project innovation and savings to communities from coast to coast. This year’s winners were announced at the 2019 Design-Build Awards Dinner during the Design-Build Conference & Expo. Design-Build Project of the Year Sharp Chula Vista Ocean View Tower Design-Build National Awards of Excellence Excellence Award winners are the best in their category or excelled in one of the key components vital to Design-Build success including design, process and teaming. DBIA […]

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NCCER, BYF Congratulate 5th Annual I BUILT THIS! Video Contest Winners

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NCCER and Build Your Future have announced the winners of the fifth annual I BUILT THIS! video contest. Intended to help promote construction as an industry of choice, the contest showcases outstanding construction projects from the unique perspective of trainees, students and instructors. NCCER and BYF congratulate the winners for all five categories: Jordan Stambaugh and Gavin Rouse of Carroll County Career and Technology Center in Westminster, Maryland (group secondary); Moshe Udy and Curtis Choi of ABC Southern California in Anaheim (group postsecondary); Joey Arrington of Carroll County Career and Technology Center (individual secondary); Russ Jackson of Southern Air in […]

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Blach Construction, Superintendent Awarded Safety Honors by AGC

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The Associated General Contractors of California Construction recognized Blach Construction during its recent Safety in Excellence Awards luncheon. The company received second place in the Building Division (under 400,000 worker hours) and veteran Superintendent Mike Harney was awarded the Individual Safety Effort of a Project Superintendent Award. In 2018, Blach received the third-place award in the same Building Division category. “Safety is not simply a category we check off for each of our projects – it permeates our culture and every aspect of what we do at Blach,” said Dan Rogers, Blach president. “We are the sum of our people […]

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U.S. Department of Labor Releases Updated Technical Assistance Guide for Construction Industry Contractors

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has released a comprehensive Technical Assistance Guide for the construction industry. The guide will assist contractors meet their legal requirements and responsibilities for equal employment opportunity by preventing violations before they occur. OFCCP published the TAG for the construction industry to reflect today’s regulations and provide practical, useful compliance assistance resources for contractors in the construction industry. This guide provides a valuable self-assessment tool for contractors to review the practices they have in place to eliminate discrimination and achieve their equal employment opportunity goals. At a minimum, this guide […]

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AEM Elects 2020 Officers, New Directors

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The Association of Equipment Manufacturers announces its 2020 officers, as well as directors elected to the AEM board of directors and AG and CE sector boards at its recent annual business meeting. 2020 AEM Officers are: Chair Jeffrey Reed, president & CEO, Reed International/VSS Macropaver Vice Chair Steven Berglund, president & CEO, Trimble Inc. Ag Chair Jerry Johnson, president farm, ranch & agriculture div., Blount International Inc. CE Chair Rodney Schrader, chairman & CEO, Komatsu America Corp. Treasurer Todd Stucke, sr. VP marketing, product support & strategic projects, Kubota Tractor Corp. Secretary Dennis Slater, president, AEM AEM officers and directors […]

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